Biden subordinates religion's role in the founding of America -- with the direct implication that the United States is not strictly a "Christian nation" as many claim.
Didn’t the first pilgrims who came to what is now the USA do it because they wanted to practice their specific flavor of Christianity and England was like “nah bro, that’s crazy”? Or did my teachers in school lie to me? I know the country itself wasn’t founded on religion.
Yeah, the timeline between Columbus and the Constitution was huge. I know that a lot of the founding fathers were deists as well, which is fascinating. I wish some of their visions for the country were still a thing.
Didn’t the first pilgrims who came to what is now the USA do it because they wanted to practice their specific flavor of Christianity and England was like “nah bro, that’s crazy”? Or did my teachers in school lie to me? I know the country itself wasn’t founded on religion.
The Puritains. Yes, kicked out of England and came here because nobody else wanted them.
But you have to keep in mind the time scales involved…
1492 - Columbus makes contact in the Carribean.
1620 - Pilgrims come across on the Mayflower.
1630 - Some 20,000 Puritains come across.
1776 - Declaration of Independence.
1787-1788 - Constitution.
Yeah, the timeline between Columbus and the Constitution was huge. I know that a lot of the founding fathers were deists as well, which is fascinating. I wish some of their visions for the country were still a thing.